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Nobel Prize Winner Retracts Paper
Linda BuckRoland MorganFor scientists, having to retract a paper is like a kick to the gut. It means that your work cannot be verified, and thus is likely either 1) an error or 2) a fabrication. So it...
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Investigators Discover 50th Fake Study By Disgraced Dutch Psychologist
Pseudoscience strikes againWikimedia CommonsThe retraction count for former psychology professor Diederik Stapel just hit 50: Social Psychology is revoking a 2008 paper by the Dutch researcher after an...
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Inside The Mind Of A Scientist Who Made Up More Than 50 Studies
Pseudoscience strikes againWikimedia CommonsWhen you hear about well-regarded scientists making up data in their studies, it's easy to wonder, What were they thinking?A New York Times Magazine piece...
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Retractions Won't Help If Nobody Reads Them
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Lead Author Agrees To Retract A Milestone Stem Cell Paper
Photo Of A Mouse Fetus From The STAP Stem Cells WorkHaruko ObokataThe lead author of two controversial stem cell papers has agreed to retract some of her work, Nature News reports.The papers, published...
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Nature Retracts Two Long-Troubled Stem Cell Papers
Photo Of A Mouse Fetus From The STAP Stem Cells WorkHaruko ObokataThe journal Nature has finally retracted two major studies it published in January, which claimed to have found new and easy ways to...
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Why It's Awesome These Scientists Failed To Replicate Their Research
Wrong WayLincolnGroup11 via Wikimedia CommonsScience chases progress. Researchers live under pressure from grant agencies, their peers, and the public to produce exciting results. New finds make...
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Scientists Retract Research On Dr. Oz-Endorsed Weight Loss Pill
Mehmet OzScreenshot from doctoroz.comThe scientists who published sham research on a useless weight loss supplement once called a "miracle pill" on the Dr. Oz Show have retracted their study.Dr. Mehmet...
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Evidence Of Expanding Universe May Have Been Just Dirt
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Nobel Prize Winner Retracts Paper
Science Linda B. Buck, co-winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, retracts a 2001 Nature paper, citing irreproducible results. For scientists, having to retract a paper is like a...
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Investigators Discover 50th Fake Study By Disgraced Dutch Psychologist
Science The journal Social Psychology retracts yet another paper by Diederik Stapel, citing falsified and manipulated data. The retraction count for former psychology professor Diederik Stapel just...
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Inside The Mind Of A Scientist Who Made Up More Than 50 Studies
Science Cheating in science When you hear about well-regarded scientists making up data in their studies, it's easy to wonder, What were they thinking? A New York Times Magazine piece has one answer.
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Retractions Won't Help If Nobody Reads Them
Science A scientist explains the frustrating road to publishing contradictory findings, and why he ended up pulling his own article instead. Science runs on replication: if a study can't be...
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Lead Author Agrees To Retract A Milestone Stem Cell Paper
Science She still stands by her work on one of the two papers that have come under fire in the past months. The lead author of two controversial stem cell papers has agreed to retract some of her...
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Nature Retracts Two Long-Troubled Stem Cell Papers
Science So you can't make stem cells so easily after all. The journal Nature has finally retracted two major studies it published in January, which claimed to have found new and easy ways to turn...
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Why It's Awesome These Scientists Failed To Replicate Their Research
Science Sarah Brown-Schmidt and Sid Horton published results damaging their earlier work. And their peers are praising them for it. Science chases progress. Researchers live under pressure from grant...
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Scientists Retract Research On Dr. Oz-Endorsed Weight Loss Pill
Science The justified attack on Green Coffee Extract The scientists who published sham research on a useless weight loss supplement once called a "miracle pill" on the Dr. Oz Show have retracted their...
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Evidence Of Expanding Universe May Have Been Just Dirt
Space Support for cosmic inflation just deflated a bit It was a huge win for Big Bang supporters when, in March 2014, a team of astronomers claimed they had found direct evidence to support the...
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